t.i.d.DeferredLock(_ConcurrencyPrimitive) : class documentation

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A lock for event driven systems.

Instance Variables locked True when this Lock has been acquired, false at all other times. Do not change this value, but it is useful to examine for the equivalent of a "non-blocking" acquisition.

Method	acquire	Attempt to acquire the lock.
Method	release	Release the lock.

Inherited from _ConcurrencyPrimitive:

Method	__init__	Undocumented
Method	run	Acquire, run, release.
Method	_releaseAndReturn	Undocumented

def acquire(self): (source)

Attempt to acquire the lock.

Returns a Deferred which fires on lock acquisition.

def release(self): (source)

Release the lock.

Should be called by whomever did the acquire() when the shared resource is free.

API Documentation for Twisted, generated by pydoctor at 2011-10-27 15:57:47.